![]() Resetting it manually each time you boot up because I'm too lazy to solder a new battery onto the logic board in a cramped compartment in a freezing shop is a painful reminder.Īny other questions, or requests for translation of the terminology I use, e-mail me off-line at and we'll try something else. The battery part is important, since the CMOS remembers what kind of drive (and therefore how to talk to it) you are booting from. Sounds simple, but it took me a month to work this out, and I'm a computer geek. Then put the Bridgeport Operating System Software (BOSS) on it and run that. Then run Format c: /sĪnd it will format and load the system files. Since you are running a DOS based system, you only need an old 500 Meg drive. Then, boot on a dos floppy (DOS 6.2, NOT 6.22) and run FDisk on the new drive, partitioning it. That is what you will have to plug your hard drive into. The floppy controller card should also have an IDE controller plug on it (with 40 pins). Just hire one who is old enough to remember the 486. ![]() If you don't recognize the floppy drive, STOP right there, and hire a computer geek to come over and help you. ![]() Confused yet? Good.Īssuming yours is like mine, and that it is working (ie the battery is working and it remembers its CMOS settings) then look for the card with the 26 wire ribbon connector that goes to the floppy drive. The board in mine is an old EISA bus motherboard, with a 486 chip on it.
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